Thread: Hurricane Florence - Mandatory Evacuations for S.C./N.C.

That pier is about to be destroyed....the "octi" is swaying several feet in both directions with each wave, and it hasn't even gotten bad yet.

All the piers on the NC coast were/are privately owned. All of them were/are made of wood except the Johnny Mercer pier in Wrightsville Beach.

The Frying Pan Shoals webcam is Amazing to watch, they all are but something about that one

Those wooden piers are like wooden rollercoasters; the theory is that the "give" absorbs the shock lika a ship at sea rides out the waves.

Perhaps so, but i don't ride wooden coasters either.

That pier they are showing is the first pier I ever fished on. The didn't have the gazebo back then.

Originally Posted by Pier#r

Live view from Frying Pan Shoals webcam (in the path of the hurricane)...

The flag on top is basically threads now. Rumour up here is that it will be donated to the Red Cross.

Does anyone know if the Oceanana fishing pier made it through the storm. The gazebo on the front end was wobbling when the live video was being streamed.

Originally Posted by old_skool

Does anyone know if the Oceanana fishing pier made it through the storm. The gazebo on the front end was wobbling when the live video was being streamed.

The end of the pier is gone/collapsed and the rest of the pier had extensive damage but is still standing. https://www.thestate.com/news/article218481520.html
There's a short video of the present state of things.

Originally Posted by eym_sirius

The end of the pier is gone/collapsed and the rest of the pier had extensive damage but is still standing. https://www.thestate.com/news/article218481520.html
There's a short video of the present state of things.

That sucks. That was the only pier left in Atlantic Beach. It was the first pier I ever fished on. The other piers there were bought by real estate developers and torn down to build condos.

Thanks for the update.

Originally Posted by witler

The flag on top is basically threads now. Rumour up here is that it will be donated to the Red Cross.

The flag is for sale on EBay with 100% of proceeds going to the Red Cross. The owner of the tower donated the flag to the Red Cross for the auction. It is a 3 day auction, last count $631.00, started at 10pm EST tonight. Frying Pan tower is a neat place, owner bought it at a government for $85k a few years ago, now a B&B.
BACK TO THE flag, bid high fellas, a good cause.